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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jason P. Mazzoccoli, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Edward J. Lahoda, Edgewood, PA (US);
Peng Xu, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 21/02 (2006.01); C23C 24/04 (2006.01); C23C 28/00 (2006.01); G21C 3/20 (2006.01); G21C 3/07 (2006.01); G21C 3/324 (2006.01); C23C 4/10 (2016.01); C23C 4/129 (2016.01); C23C 4/00 (2016.01); C23C 4/06 (2016.01); C23C 4/02 (2006.01); C23C 4/12 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 21/02 (2013.01); C23C 24/04 (2013.01); C23C 28/321 (2013.01); C23C 28/324 (2013.01); G21C 3/07 (2013.01); G21C 3/20 (2013.01); C23C 4/00 (2013.01); C23C 4/02 (2013.01); C23C 4/06 (2013.01); C23C 4/10 (2013.01); C23C 4/12 (2013.01); C23C 4/129 (2016.01); G21C 3/324 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01); Y02T 50/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A zirconium alloy nuclear reactor cylindrical cladding has an inner Zr substrate surface, an outer volume of protective material, and an integrated middle volume of zirconium oxide, zirconium and protective material, where the protective material is applied by impaction at a velocity greater than 340 meters/second to provide the integrated middle volume resulting in structural integrity for the cladding.